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San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1887-12-15

ST.. NICHOLAS FOR DEoEMBER. = The
Christmas number of st. Hicholas magazine
has been issued by the publishers ut New
York. The lumber opens with story from
tho pen of Frank r. Stockton, called the
Clocks of Rondaine, which is told With the
Characteristic skill of the writer. The Bal
lad of the Blacksmith's Sons, which follows,
written by Mary E wilkins, is very clever
piece of verse. accompanied by pleasing il
lustrations. Frances Hodgson Burnett, the
authoress of Little Lord Fauntleroy, has be-
gun new story in this number of st. Mich
oas, entitled Sara Creme; or What Happened
at Mrs Minchins. According to the way
it begins, the balance of the story promises
TO be very entertaining. Three Miles High
in Balloon. by Edward Duffy, is given in
this number, being description of the trip
into the sky last summer on board the big
New York World mir ship. Poetry and ht-
erary brio a-brac fill out the remaining pages.
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1887-12-15
$500 Many of Vice."

Mamma, is there too many of WEEP"
The little girl asked with u sigh,
perhaps you wouldn't be tired, you see,
If few of your childs could die"
She;was only three years old-the one
Who spoke in that strange, sad way.
AS she saw her mothers impatient frown
At the children's boisterous play.
There were half dozen who round her
stood,
And The mother was sick and poor,
Worn out with the care of the noisy brood
Aud the fight with the wolf at the door.
Only week; and the little Claire
In her tiny white trundle bed,
Lay with blue eyes closed, and the sunny
hair
Cut close from the golden head.
'.Don't cry" she said-and the words were
low
Feeling tears that she could not see
"You won't have to work and be tired 80
When there amt 80 many of Vice."
Southern Bivouac.
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1887-12-15

8 on.
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1887-12-15
HON,S THIS!

Weoffer One Hundred Dollars Re
ward for any case Of Catarrh that can
not be cured by taking Halls Catarrb
Cure F. j. CHENY & Co,
Prop'rs, Toledo, o.
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken inter
nally, acting directly upon the blood
and mucus surfaces Of the system.
Price. 75 cts per bottle. Sold BY all
Druggists.
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1887-12-15

The Trollope family of England
have writted 275 books, as follows:
Mrs. Trollope, Sr.,' lis; Anthony
Trollope, 100; Adolphus Trollope, 30;
Mrs. Theodore Trollope, 10.
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1887-12-15
100 Doses One Dollar

Is inseparably connected with Hoods Sarsa-
parilla, and is true Of no other medicine. tits
an unanswerable argument as to strength and
economy, while thousands testify to It's supe-
ricr blood purifying and Strengthening quail
ties. bottle of Hoods Sarsaparilla contains
100 doses and will last month, while others
will average 10 last not over week. Hence
for economy, buy Hoods sarsapartlla.
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1887-12-15

The desk in the Senate O iamber
which was long used by Roscoe Conk-
ling will be occupied by Senator Wm.
E. Chandler during the coming ses-
q on
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1887-12-15
A Baby like a Gale of Wind.

Why is a newlyborn born baby like q
gale of wind :? Because it begins with
sxuall Cold gales induce cough and Group.
Taylors Cherokee Remedy of Sweet Gnm
and mullen will cure it.
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1887-12-15

Senator Ingalls, says that he will
live in Washington this winter 'in the
same old place-on the extreme south
east corner of respects bilIty.'
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1887-12-15

Many imitators, but no equal, has DIR.
Sage's a.arrh Remedy.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1887-07-29
STARVING IN THE BIG CITY.
\ Woman Bercft of Her Reason by the Pan!
of HUNGER

\ Woman Bercft Of Her Reason by the PangS
of Hunger.
particularly sad case of restitution
has been disc rvered by the matron of the
Wetmore home at No. 40 South Washing
ton square, says The New York Graphic.
On last Saturday the matron was passing
through the lark in front of the home
when she saw a notwithstanding woman
seated GA one of the settees. Her head
was hanging upon her shoulder and her
appearance Indicated the most abiect
want. The matron went up to her and
asked if she desired help. The woman
looked at her huugrily for a moment, and
then cla.ping her by the arm cried,
Food
The home was near, and so half leading
half carrying the woman the matron took
her within aud fed her. The starving
woman devoured everything with savage
huugar that was most painful to witness.
Finally, her hungar satisfied, the reaction
set in and she fell upon the floor of the
dlnning-ro foaming from the mouth
and raving about food. She called for
tea and toast and this was given her. but
she no sooner swallowed them than she
was again seized with spasms, and some
water was admins cred and this had good
effect, but the woman was incessant in
her demands for solid food, which was
never given her that it was not followed
by deliruu. Finally, the matron sum
moned policeman of the Fifteenth pre-.
cInct station, and he called an ambulance
from Bellevue hospital. When the pa
tient arrived there the surgeon declared
that she had gone insane for want of food,
and that it was doubtful whether she
would recover. She is now under treat
ment at the hospital.
In her sane moments the woman told
the matron of the Wetmore home that her
name was Lizzie Kelly, she was 81 years
old, and that she was born and lived most
of her life time in Nova Scotia. She was
not married. She come to this city some
time before seeking work as domestic
servant, and had foun il in a big boarding
housc, where there were seventy men and
nine children, and where they worked her
so constantly that she was compelled to
leave or lose her life. She did not know
where the house was located or the name
of the proprietor. She had wandered
about the streets since she left the house
and had not had anything to eat in
several days. She had no friends in this
ritv
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1887-07-29
4 Big Drowd Fooled
New York Mail and Express

Az accident happened yesterday that
melted a crowed in hurry. A tall, quiet
man stood looking intently at show
window on Broadway. Two other men
paused and looked in to see what the
curious object was. Soon four messenger
boys unreluctantly drew up and concen
trated their gaze. In three minutes at
least twenty men, women, boys and
Cinnamon were clustered around the tall.
quiet man, and trying to discover the
great cuFio that attracted his attention.
He said nothing, never moved and in
tently kept his eyes fixed on the show
window. Several policemen strolled by
and asked the crowd TO arrange itself so
that people could get by on the sidewalk.
Every moment the numbers increased,
and they soon stretched far up and down
the street. The proprietor of the store
came ont aud went back and asked for
the clerks who arranged the window, in
order to find what special attraction they
had put in for the public gaze that morn
ing. They said nothing, and this pre-
prietor declared somebody had put guy
in his window. A little newsboy, who
edged his way to the side of the tall,
quiet man, squinted his eyes at the win
dow and bIurted out: Il don't see nUth-
in" But the quiet man continued to
gaze before him unmoved.
Hey, mister, what der We sect" queried
the bootblack, touching the coat of the
quiet man.
He turned and said: Nothing; / am
blind; am waiting for my boy"
The newshoy gave keen whistle, and
ran away. The crowd separated, each
ashamed to look the other in the face.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1887-07-29
Value ofLimC.
Ohio Farmer.

Last summer a neighbor called my at
tentiOn TO a narrow strip across one of
his oat-felds which was three or four
inches taller than the rest, and explained
that the cause of it was, 1T had a small
coat of Inns ffty-two years ago" and yet
1t showed on every crop to the present
time. If the land on which it is applied
is extremely poor aud there is no sod, it
should always have little manure put
on with it to give the lime something to
work on. 1t Is rather slow in Its work.
You seldom ever see any benefit from its
use till you SOW in clover and then break
up the sod; and then there is no crop on
which it is not very beneficial. Low clay
ground that is naturally wet and cold,
unless perfectly undetermined, is a poor
place for lime. 1t shows much the best
on high, dry, gravelly soils. If low, wet
ground is plOwed when not in proper
order on account of moisture, where lime
has been used, it seems to destroy its
effects entirely. Here is a mistake many
farmers make. Because neig hbor who
has high land can pillow, they will, too,
even if the water runs after them in the
furrow.
The amount to be used depends on the
<
it is applied, the amount you have on
hand, the time you have to spare with
out making your crop late, &c. The old
idea entertained by our grandfathers
that too much would kill the ground, is
extremely fallacious. We have used
from 100 to 1000 bushels per acre and
never lost a crop on account of putting
on toe much. We usually use 300 or 400
bushels per acre, and then before we SOW
down in clover, give a top dressing of
manure, which insures g good catch.
Then let it lie couple of years and put
in corn, and we never fail to get a crop.
Laud that has been lined to any ex 4
tent is scarcely ever troubled with worms,
which is DO small item sometimes. From
past experience l would say there is no
better fertilizer for an orchard than hot
lime. 1t promotes the growth of the
trees, is destructive to insects, and surely
benefits the fruit. If SUBSCRIBER can get
the limestone he can better burn it him
self. and then when he wants to use it,
which is generally very busy time of
the year, he will not have to haul 1t four
miles.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1887-07-29
TIE porGHKEErSIE BRIDGE.

How the Men Work in Mid-hir and Like 1t,
The Poughkeepsie Eagle says: People
who have been watching the erection of
tho false work at the east shore anchorage
pier gt the bridge and out to the river
between piers and have been wonder
fully interested in the agility aud what
seemed TO them dare. devil recklessness
of the trained men on the Job. They have
seen them crawling along ON the girders
and braces nearly numbered feet high,
leaping from timber to timber, or run
ming along the narrow planking, now
stopping over to aid in the hoisting of
timber and iron, now standing on the
extreme edge of the river front of work
peering down upon the rocks and river
below, or going along hand over hand
among the braces with apparently as
much ease and comfort as though meeving
along on terra tirma.
They are all used to that kind of work"
said Gen. Field, of the Union Bridge
company, land have no fear whatever
When we were building the cantilever
over the whirlpool rapids at Niagara, 24O
feet above the running waters, they were
just rs daring as they are here. | re-
member when we had the job about com
pleted was up there one day. The can
tilever arms were then WI hin fifty feet
of each ether, and it was decided to con
meet them temporarily with a plank.
This plank was about fifty five feet III
length, about two and Il half feet of each
end resting on the cantilever arms. The
foreman nad issued strict order prohibit
ing any one of the men from crossing the
plank until it was firmly fastened at each
end, the penalty being immediate dismis-
sal. There had been a great deal of talk
among the men rs to who would be the
first one to cross. [ was standing on the
American side of the structure, when |
saw enc Of the men walk out on the plank
look at II minute then look down into
the whirlpool below. | felt that he was
going to cross the plank, but l was too
far from him TO make him hear. He
waited a second or two, and then DELHI
erately walked out on the plank, and
when he reached the middle of it he
stopped over, seized tho edges of the
plank with hoid kands, and, throwing
his feet up, sto, / on hts head and kicked
his heels and shouted to the terrified
lockers on. lie must have been minute
doing it, but | felt as though I was half
an hour. After satisfying himself that
he had kicked enough he regained his
equilibrium and trotted along the plank
TO the opposite side from where he started
seized hold one of the iron braces of the
cantllever and went down it head first,
hand over hand TO the bottom. | never
saw anything like it before. OF course
the foreman discharged him and he was
laid off two or three days, when | sent for
him. lie was one of the best men on the
job, aud | talked to him like a Dutch
uncle and put him TO work again. These
men have no fear; they are brought up
to the business, and feel just as safe $50
feet in the air as they 10 on the ground.
OF course l can see how the people
wonder at such things, but we have got
used TO il. The best time to see them
travel is at the dinner hour or when the
days work Is completed.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1887-07-29

One of the presidents Buffalo friends
returned from tAe white house the other
evening, says Towle of The Boston Trav-
eller. He said that he had been having
"a good time with Grover" and he looked
1t. He leaned up againgt one CT the
pillars IN the rotunda at Wizards and re-
marked casually to the envious crowd:
Yes, he is the same old Grover. and no
mistake. Last year when I was here l
kinder made up my mind that Grover
was getting stuck up. but l guess | was
mistaken. He likes to talk over old times,
but you can't run in any politics on him.
He draws the line at politics, but other
wise he is just as friendly as ever. His
wife was away when l saw him, but he
isn't troubled much for lack of COM pany,
l can tell you. I wonder if Grover has
changed his habits since he got married.
l didn't see any cheese over to the white
house. Grover used to bs a holy terror
for cheese. When he was in Buffalo he
would go into beer saloon, call for a
glass and then begin on the cheese and
crackers. Great Scott! what an appetite
he did have in those days. If his wife has
induced him to stop eating cheeoe and
crackers he is in love with her sure
ensugh."
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1887-07-29


American ladies entertain each other
more than English woman do, and ladies'
luncheon parties are much in vogue.
These, from the breakfast given by the
Sorosis Club (for women) to celebrities of
their own sex, where as many as 500 sit
down, to the girls luncheons of six or
eight, impress one as most characters
tic phase of the social life. We will pass
over the gorgeous luncheon parties for
twenty or thirty ladies (of all ages), at
which the company is frequently seated
at four or five small tables, and give
short description of the girls smaller
iuncheons. Many young ladies give sew
eral in succession having SIX or eight
visitors at each, and If one of a set has
friend staying with her, luncheons, as
special attentions to the guests, will be
given during the visit By the other mem
bers of the set. 1t Is doubtful whether
an English girl would consider the COM
ing to lunch OF five or six of her friends
sufficient excuse for thu giving of an elab-
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1887-07-29
Economy in the Expenditure of labor
fbiladelphia Record

Work improperly done is sometimes a
waste of labor, and on the farm there is
often too much work done for the results
gained. Nor Is such work mistakenly
performed always, for often it is per
mediated and in defiance of experience
and reason. 1t is well known that all
plants require a sufficient amount of
food, heat and moisture to enable them 10
reach maturity and yield to their fullest
capacity, and where :he ground is an
nually devoted to crops the great diff
Guilty is to retain its fertility and secure
from it all that should be derived under
the best possible conditions. Any dim
mutton or deterioration of the plant
food in the soil must be resupplied in
some shape, and the smaller the amount
of plant TODD possessed by the farmer,
and the greater the area to be supplied
the more the difficulty of recuperatIng
the soil will be increased. In the face of
this fact farmers do not always take into
consideration the propriety of curtailing
the area to be cultivated, by which means
they would be enabled to supplya greater
proportion of plant food to a limited
space and at the same time save u vast
amount of labor. 1t is not as economic
ing to grow thirty bushels of wheat on
two acres as it Is to produce twenty
bushels on one acre, for, while IN the one
case the farmer secures an extra ten
bushels Is by reason of cultivating more
land for that purpose, yet he has been
compelled to perform twice as much
WORK and to spread his manure over
double the area of surface. There should
be no more land put under cultivation
than can be properly MANFRED or fertil
lied, as 1t Is much better to have one
acre of strong vigorous plants, than two
acres of plants Improperly provided for,
while 1t requires just as much cultivation,
seeding, harvesting and hauling for the
Inferior crop as for the better one. Nor
does the influence end with single crop.
Land that has been bountifUlly ted will
be IN better condition for the succeed
Ing crop, while that which has been over
taxed Will gradually lose fertility and
entail al additional expense every year.
1t Is an old rule that proper field cultare
should be the same as for garden spot,
which Is TO use plenty of manure on small
areas, work the soil to tiue condition
for the seed, keep down the grass and
weeds, and make every incn of space pro
duce TO Its fullest capacity, Instead of
wasting time. labor and manure over
large fields that can not be properly cul
t1vated.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1887-07-29
RICHMOND.S WAR Monty.
Collectors of 1t Now Suing the City for Pay
ment in Full,

Collectors of 1t Now Suing the City for Pay
ment in Full
The city council of Richmond has had
its attention called to a novel and inter
esting matter which involves the question
of the city's liability for 100000 of con
federate states government money.
During the years of 1861 and 1862 the
city of Richmond feeling the pinch of
war times, issued, as it deemed necessary,
and as currency, large number of small
notes, of the denominations of 81, 81,
so cents, 25 cents, and 10 cents. The
aggregate amount OF these notes was
about $50000O NoK number of suits
have been brought against the city by
some enterprisiug parties who gathered
up all these notes. The city undoubtedly
pledged itself to pay these notes; but, on
the other hand, they were issued while
the confederate states government was in
existence, and that was an unlawful gov
eminent: and held by the United States
government to be no government at all.
These little bills were used in the pay
ment of taxes to the confederate govern
ment, and passed current throughout the
confederacy. Soon after the war many
of then were gathered together as cur
iosities, but it may be that they had
something to do with the sudden specula-
ton in confederate money. The case is
considered by able lawyers to involve
some of the knottiest legal points, and
they are about equally divided on it.
The city council will employ the best
lawyers.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1887-07-29

crate repast, with the numerous costly
accessories that are deemed necessary by
her American sister.
Of all nationalities the American girl is
surely the most pleasure-loving. She is
genuine, wsrm-hearted, witty, and has a
perfect genius for enjoyment; she loves
fun, she loves Irritation Innocent withal),
she loves dress and fashion, she loves
dancing and the theater, she loves moon
light sleigh-rides and tobogganing, but
most of all she loves a "German"-I do
not mean one of the large army of leu
tons who have found their way across the
Atlantic and built up fortune and hap
piness in the home of their adoption. No,
german" in this sense is the cotillon
Amerieanized. There seems to be CLAM
our surrounding it that places it far ahead
OF the most brilliant ball. To be able to
lead" german well is an accomp ish-
ment few possess, and one greatly covet-
ed by all aspiring youth who long for
society to smile on them. ''Oh, do you
know Mr.. So and so? He is a splendid
fellow, He leads the german beautifully"
Is the high praise bestowed by a society
girl on the idol of the hour.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1887-07-29
Cow Peas for Green Manure


=. L. Lefauver. of Monroe county.
Tenn, writes concerning the use of cow
peas as renoyating crop. He says:
Il have great respect for Prof. Stew
arts opinion on the scientific feeding of
farm animals, and feel that he has done
much good by his free and full advice on
that subject; but he has evidently not had
much experience in the growth of COW
peas, and Is clearly Out of water ON that
point. Now l would not recommend
peas for every climate or soil. They
may not do as well at the north as at the
south, but l would suggest that every one
south of the fortieth degree of latitude,
who is in need of renoyatIng crop, try
COW peas-ou small scale at least. And
allow me to say right here. that l have
none for sale nor do not expect to have.
We grow them for the vine and then
usually pasture off the crop with cattle or
hogs.
In the first place Prof. Stewart errs in
supposiug peas to be more expensive
than clover. 1t costs moro TO put the
land in peas than clover, but let me show
you where the big balance comes in on
the other side. When peas are 81 per
bushel here, clover seed usually ranges
from 81 so to So. We usually SOW one
bushel clover seed to six acres and one
and half bushels peas per acre. Take
it at the lowest figure for clover, and we
have 10 cents per acre for clover seed
and $50 for peas sown. We can hire
land turned for 81 per acre, and allowing
so cents for narrowing, We have the whole
cost of putting the land in peas. So per
acre, as against 70 cents for clover. Now
upon land which is fertile enough to
warrant US IL expecting a stand of clover
we may reasonably expect a crop OF at
least from eight to ten bushels of peas
per acre, worth as feed double the
amount of corn.
Turn the hogs IN upon this field, and
when they are through harvesting it YOU
have a crop of stover wol tn fully as
much as a crop of clover for greer man
ure; and you have not lain ont of the use
of the land for whole year to get it.
The peas were put in after the wAeat vas
harvested, and you may put the land back
into wheat again, or any other crop,
after the peas are off. With an expendi-
ture of So per acre you have grswn a crop
worth from s. 20 81, have given your
land good crop of green manure and
have the same land in good condition for
seeding to wheat again, or any succeeding
crop, that same year. This is no mere
theory, but has been a part of the rega-
lar rotation on this farm fer ten years
past.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1887-07-29
Wanted Mamma to Know 1t
The Colonel.

Little Willie had had the subject of a
new brother or sister mentioned TO him
as probability IN the near future. One
morning the nurse called him and said:
Willie, here is little sister the angels
brought you last night"
40, LET me ses," cried Willie in great
glee-
The angels never had any psrasols,
did theyf"
why, what question. Why do you
say so?"
''Cause, they let her get sun burnt.
She's is right red. Take keer, let NE By,
QUICK"
Where are you goings"
''Going to tell mamma She don't know
i: yet